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'IVI. LA ROCCO.

TERMINAL PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15. 1919.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

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MICHAEL LA nocoo, dr cnrcaeo, rumors, ASSIGNOR on ONE-HALF T0 JAMES 1r.

rowan, or cnroneo, rumors.

TERMINAL-PROTECTOR.

Application filed March 15, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, MICHAEL'LA Rocco, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in-..the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Terminal-Protectors, of which the following is'a specification.

This invention relates to storage battery terminals and its object is to provide a novel and improved shield for the terminals to protect the same from the corrodin influences-of the acid andfume's of the attery, and furthermore, to provide a shield for this purpose which is simple and inexpensive, and which can be very readily applied or removed.

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in said drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, prior to its application to the terminal Fig. 2- is a plan view showing how the device is folded for application to the terminal;

. Fig. 3 is fa horizontal cross section of the device on theterminal; e

' Fig. t isa central longitudinal section of the device as shown in Fig. 1, and

Fig. '5 is a perspective view of the terminal to which the device is applied.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 10

denotes a fragment of a storage battery ele-.

ment.having an upstanding post 11 carrying a head 12, the latter havin a vertical aperture to slip down over t e post, on which it is permanently secured by being soldered, as shown at 13. The head 12 also has a transverse, horizontal aperture to seat a tapered plug 15 projecting from one s de of the head, and held in place on the opposite side by a cap screw 16 screwed into the corres onding end of the head, as shown in 3 The projecting end of the plug is a ertured for connection with the wire 1?, the same being embedded in solder 18 filling the aperture.

"not deemed necessary.

The terminal disclosed is of conventional construction, and as nothing is claimed therefor, a further description thereof is The protecting deviceis molded or otherwise constructed out of rubber or other suitaijnle material adapted for the purpose-for W ich the device is designed, and it is also Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1212..

Serial No. 282,880.

pliable so that it may be bent as will be presently described. As shown in Fig. 1, the devlce comprises a plain, flat medial strip 19 having cylindrical heads 20 and 21, respectively, at its ends. These heads are on the same side of the strip and they project laterally therefrom, The head 20 is tubular, its bore being open at both ends The head 21 is also tubular, but its bore is closed at the outer end of the head. The ends of the strip, on the side opposite the side from which the heads pro ect, have outstanding marginal flanges 23 and 24, re spectively. The flanges extend in a curve around. the ends of the strip and at their ends they extend with a curve down to the medial portion of the strip 19. It will also be noted that the flanges are spaced from each other so as to leave the medial portion of the strip plain and flat, and entirely devoid of projecting parts. I To apply the device shown in Fig. 1 to "the battery terminal, it'is bent at its ends in a direction to bring the flanges 23 and 24 together in edgewise contact, and the heads 20 and 21 in longitudinal alinement as shown in Fig. 2. Before doing this, the device is so positioned with respect to the terminal that when it is bent around the same the head 20 is slipped over the projecting end of the plug 15 carrying the wire 17 and the'head 21 is slipped over the head of the screw 16, as shown in Fig. 3. The medial portion of the strip fits around one side of thehead 12, and the flanges 23 and 24, which now meet, fit the opposite side and also the top and bottom of the head, the parts fitting the bottom being clear of the post 11. It will therefore be seen that the terminal is now completely covered, and corrosion is reduced to a minimum or entirely eliminated. As the outer end of the tubular head 20 is open, the wire 17 can project therefrom as shown in Fig. 3.

I claim: l 1. A terminal protector comprising a strip of pliable material having tubular heads pro ecting from one side. thereof at the ends, and provided with outstanding marginal flanges on its oppositeside extending around the ends thereof, and alon the sides, the flanges of ,therespective on s of the strip being spaced, said stripx being bendable in a direc'tlon to bring t eflanges in edgewise contact and; the heads in alinntg 2. A terminal protector comprising a strip being spaced, said strip being bendable in a of pliable material having tubular heads direction to bring the flanges in edgcwiso projecting from one side thereof at the ends, contact and the heads in alinement, and one 10 and provided with outstanding marginal of the aforesaid heads being open at its 5 flanges on its opposite side extending around outer end.

the ends thereof, and along the sides, the In testimony whereof I affix my signature. flanges of the respective ends of the strip MICHAEL LA ROCCO. 

